Biography of Victorian polymath Peter Mark Roget by Nick Rennison. Roget gave his name to the famous thesaurus but was also a leading scientist and educationist. The main interest for the BDC collection is his work on persistence of vision and the development of optical toys , especially the phenakistoscope (pp 94-98)
| Item number | 31557 |
|---|---|
| Category | Book |
| Type | Science |
| Language | English |
| Country of origin | UK |
| Related people | Nick Rennison (Author) |
| Peter Mark Roget (Subject) |
Part of the Bill Douglas and Peter Jewell Collection